Wolf v. Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. ' Heard'before Hon. A. A. Coleman. Action by D. C. Wolf against R' D. S'mtih. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. This was an action for damages.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. ' Heard'before Hon. A. A. Coleman. Action by D. C. Wolf against R' D. S'mtih. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. This was an action for damages. The complaint contains five counts, the first of which is in the following language: “Plaintiff claims of the defendant $20,000 damages, in this: That on and prior to the Sd day of February, 1904, tlie defendant was engaged in operating Bradford Mines, in Jefferson county, Alabama; that on the date aforesaid plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant, and while in a discharge of his duties,…
1Opinion of the Court
DENSON, J. —
This action sounds in damages for a personal injury suffered by the plaintiff in the employment of the defendant. The first count of the complaint is framed with respect to the commón-law liability of the master, and ascribes the injury to the negligence of the master in failing to provide a reasonably safe place for plaintiff to do the work'he was employed to do. It is true a complaint in suits of this character must show sufficient causal connection between the act complained of and the injury. While the averments of the complaint- are general, yet, under the numerous…
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